RE: d-o-e and attribute values

XSLT 2.0 allows d-o-e on xsl:attribute, so the restriction has been lifted
at least partially.

I don't know why the restriction was there, perhaps people just felt that
this  would provide too much rope for people to hang themselves with. For
example

<xsl:attribute name="x">
  <xsl:text d-o-e="yes">3" y="4</xsl:text>
</xsl:attribute>

might produce the output
  x="3" y="4"

but on the other hand it might produce
  x='3" y="4'

I think it's quite good that we don't allow this - d-o-e causes enough
trouble already.

Michael Kay
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Oleg Tkachenko [mailto:olegt@multiconn.com] 
> Sent: 23 February 2003 17:08
> To: public-qt-comments@w3.org
> Subject: d-o-e and attribute values
> 
> 
> 
> Hello!
> 
> XSLT 1.0 forbids using of disable-output-escaping to generate 
> value of 
> comment, processing instruction or attribute node. XSLT 2.0 
> WD states the 
> same. What's the reason behind this restriction?
> 
> -- 
> Oleg Tkachenko
> Multiconn Technologies, Israel
>

Received on Sunday, 23 February 2003 17:25:27 UTC